Student Standouts: Girls Swim & Dive, Boys & Girls Squash, Student Art Exhibit, and Field Hockey
Faculty Feature: Barker and Díaz
Congratulations to this week’s standouts below. Way to go #RamNation! And as always, if you have a story to share, please email weeklynews@micds.org.
Girls Varsity Swim & Dive Places 3rd at State Championship
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving team on placing 3rd overall in the Class 2 Championship! The team garnered many accomplishments throughout the season, and swam against several large powerhouse teams in the State finals. Way to go, Rams! Check out their individual accomplishments below and view photos from STL Today here.
Day 1 Prelims
Nina Schuerer ’25 – 2nd place, 200 Free, 1:52.68, tied team record; 5th place, 500 Free, 5:04.88
Lindsay Naber ’25 – 2nd place, 200 IM, 2:06.04; 2nd place, 100 Back, 57.55
Grace Coppel ’25 – 2nd place, 50 Free, 23.65, new team record; 5th place, 100 Free, 53.17
Maitland Michaelson ’27, Schuerer, Coppel, and Naber – 2nd place, 200 Free Relay, 1:39.14
Sophia Goodwin ’25, Naber, Schuerer, and Coppel – 2nd place, 400 Free Relay, 3:39.74
Day 2 Finals
Schuerer – 2nd place, 200 Free, 1:52.29, new school record; 5th place, 500 Free, 5:04.67
Naber – 2nd place, 100 Back, 56.35; 4th place, 200 IM, 2:08.24
Coppel – 3rd place, 50 Free, 23.51, new school record; 5th place, 100 Free, 53.17
Michaelson, Schuerer, Coppel, and Naber – 2nd place, 200 Free Relay, 1:38.16
Coppel, Goodwin, Naber, and Schuerer – 2nd place, 400 Free Relay, 3:36.85
The team finished 3rd place overall. Congratulations, Rams!
Boys & Girls Varsity Squash Upset Top Seeds at High School Nationals
The Boys and Girls Varsity Squash teams recently traveled to Philadelphia for the High School Squash Nationals. Both teams showed up with strong starts in the Round of 16. In the Boys Division V, the #16 seed MICDS upset the #1 seed CitySquash MACS 4-3. In the Girls Division IV, #13 seed MICDS defeated the #4 seed in a back and forth thriller. These big upsets fueled 5-2 and 4-3 victories by the boys and girls, respectively, advancing them to their divisional semifinals. Despite both teams falling in the semifinal matchups and third-place games, they returned determined that this year’s competition sets the stage for future victories. Great work on the courts, Rams!
Fourteen Student Works Accepted to Foundry Art Centre’s Regional High School Student Exhibition
Several MICDS art students will have their works on display at the Foundry Art Centre’s Regional High School Student Exhibition. Congratulations to the following students:
Aleena Ahmad ’28, Desaturated Landscape
Isaac Bockert ’25, Red Brick
Giacomo Castelmare ’25, San Michele in Foro
Ava Cervera ’27, Details
Hale Foster ’25, Still
Claire Giokas ’25, The Light of Day
Kate Hunter ’25, Creek
Dane Joyce ’28, Abstracted Still-Life
Daniel Kim-Krens ’27, Lonely Castle
Garrett Liberman ’25, Man
Sarah Meade ’26, Intertwined Angles
Harper Pook ’28, Frozen
Mae Scott ’25, Untitled
Evie Strope ’25, Dawson
The exhibition features the many talents of the region’s young artists. High School students from the St. Charles and St. Louis area were invited to submit to this juried, all-media exhibition with the unique opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional gallery setting. Accepted works will be judged for awards by Maxine Thirteen, a St. Louis-based figurative painter.
Save the date for the exhibition’s Opening Reception on Friday, March 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. Awards will be announced at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit will run March 7-22, 2025. Learn more here. Way to go, Ram artists!
Eight Field Hockey Stars Make NFHCA High School Academic Squad
- Emma Allen ’26, Scholar of Distinction
- Caroline Birkel ’25
- Sophia Goodwin ’25
- Georgia Lochhead ’26, Scholar of Distinction
- Victoria Neill ’25
- Lilia Oulamine ’26
- Katie Sheehan ’26
- Hattie Sloane ’25
Way to go, Rams!
Upper School Spanish Teachers' Magical Home is Featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Upper School Spanish Teachers Christopher Barker and Alyoska Díaz, and their Northampton home, were recently featured in the lifestyle section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The feature details how they transformed a 1920s ranch home into a vibrant, mid-century modern haven. Beyond the stylish kitchen and bath renovations, they crafted a unique basement magic room, reflecting their passion for entertaining. They also share their love of magic and cooking through classes and community events, blending their professional and personal lives in a truly enchanting way. Check out the full feature article here.
